Pop up Tulip Bouquet | So Suzy Stamps + Blog Hop

Saturday, March 10, 2018

Hello crafty friends,

Today the So Suzy Stamps design team is doing a blog hop to feature all the wonderful flower & foliage stamps. There is also a $20 gift certificate being offered to one lucky commenter - must comment on all the blogs - so stay tuned at the end of this post for the entire blog hop list. $20 goes quite a ways in the shop - you could get all the stamps I used on this card during March with the discount.

I did all the coloring on the tulip flowers with Chameleon markers. I did the leaves with Copic markers since I don't have any green Chameleon markers. They blend beautifully, however they do take a little getting used to compared to using other alcohol markers. You infuse the marker for a few to several seconds with the blender incorporated into the marker to achieve the variation of colors with one marker. I also added more depth and interest afterwards with colored pencils (I used Prismacolor). This would make a beautiful Mother's Day card too. I didn't have a sentiment from SSS on hand, so I used the Happy Birthday stamp instead.

Chameleon markers used:

Floral Tones set

BV2 - Lavendar

PK5 - Fuschia

Warm Tones set

Y02 - Mellow Yellow

Copics used: (foliage)

YG11 (light), YG 61 (medium) and YG63 (darkest)

The bowl was first stamped with Versamark using the herb stamp to create a pattern, which created a resist for the Tumbled Glass Distress Ink that I blended on with a blending tool. The frame behind the bowl is a die cut (Avery Elle) that was embossed with the same gold embossing powder on every other embossed piece of the project after applying Versamark over the die cut.

While the star of this card is the tulip bouquet I still say the bowl stamp is one of THE most versatile stamps So Suzy has - I've made several different cards with it. If you want to see those posts they are listed at the end of this post. I still want to make a fish bowl card and a terrarium scene with this stamp. Something to watch for down the road.

As you may have noticed the card has a ribbon on it - here is a view of it with the ribbon tied. It was both a design element as well as a way to keep the card closed due to the extra inside dimension. Underneath the bowl is a paper doily that I inked up with a couple of Distress Inks (not the oxide) in Antique Linen and Victorian Velvet.

The "floor" - which I envisioned more as a table top - is made from a specialty cardstock - it's the sand-able Core'dinations cardstock in the color picket fence. I embossed it with a planks embossing folder (supplies are listed below) to give it the look of a hardwood table top and sanded the paper with a nail buffer block to expose the darker color underneath.

On the front of the card I used a neutral patterned paper from this paper pack - it's a collection of mostly white with neutrals. The gold circle is white cardstock that I directly applied Versamark on then added gold embossing powder (outside edges). It's the same embossing powder I used on the tulip bunch on the front of the card. (Inside tulips were not embossed)

LAST but not LEAST - GIVEAWAY TIME!!!!

In order to be in the $20 drawing you must visit and comment on each blog in the hop - the list is below:

VIDEO - *please note - I planned to do the entire process on video. My regular video camera was being a pain so I only rescued the part showing how the pop up card base was done. Apologies in advance for the shakiness in portions of the video since the stand was attached to the table I was working on. The pop up is the most challenging part since I am designing this from a vision in my mind and I had to figure it out. I think I learned more about how not to do it (lol). Despite all the tweaking I had to do it turned out very nice in the end. You can also go direct to YouTube to see in HD.

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About Me

Hi - I'm Teresa, an avid card maker living in Arlington, TX with my husband, daughter, two dogs (Maltese & Mini Dachshund), and a couple of other little critters. I have been a crafter for more than 10 years - first I dabbled in scrapbooking (when my kids - 2 sons & 1 daughter) were young. I started my card making in 2015 in earnest after receiving a wonderful gift for my birthday - a Big Shot machine! My style is what I call eclectic/whimsical. I love to make backgrounds for my cards, die-cutting, stenciling, coloring with various mediums, etc. I absolutely ADORE interactive cards and want to focus more time than I have to create new and unique ones! I’m inspired by other crafters, Pinterest mood and color boards, creative challenges, using familiar tool, medium, method in a new way